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FRANCE ANo POPULATION.



a Country which Has Practically 40
cepted Malthus' Pet Theory.
Nautilus avowed bis desire for longer
life for the living. and fewer births for
the sake of fewer deaths. Han ne
prophesied this for France = would
have been a wonderful hit, for there
the average duration of life has risen
from 20 to 81 years since the beginning
of the century, while the annual deaths
have fallen from 276 in 10. 900 to ZzS.
At the same time the annual births
have also fallen from 316 in 10. 600 70
249. while the number of marriages
remains the same. Thus 1t may safely
be said that the present apparent small
increase in the population ~ per
10000 annually, ~ shown above-ls
in reality not an accession OF new
lives, but chiefly postponemcnt OF tne
Termination of old ones. Had the death
rate remained IS it was in 16ol-1O the
population would now be actually
diminishing at the rate of "a per 10000
(276-249.) The causes of the decrease
of the death rate are various. but not
complex. The advance OF applied
medical and sanitary science counts Tor
something; and the doubling OF the
production Of meat. corn and almost
every thing else Las brought greater
plenty and comfort. 1t Is calculated
that the total supply of food from homo
and foreign sources Is fourfold what u
was fifty years ago, while foreign trade
has been multiplied by six. As regards
individual wealth. M. Levasseur made
q very cautious estimate, eleven years
ago. when he said it had more
than doubled since 1900. And with
all this the annual number of marriages
has remained stationary, sad their
total, including the widowed,
falls far short of the English rate, be-
ing but 2,8OS per 10000 against En-
glands 4, 4S0. 1t is impossible to quit
this subject without q word upon the
size Of French families. The average
number of births to 10 marriages was
AZ. from 1901 to 1910; 1t is now but 80.
that is 5 to each marriage. and OF
course one death among the three
would leave the population stationary.
Last year free schooling was voted for
the seventh child in every family that
had so many, and this measure resulted
in the discovery of 2lS such families.
107 Of which had more than 2, and
a as many as Is children
each. The fourth fargard of the
vendidad supports the assertion
Of Herodotus Ii. 1869 that the ancient
Persian monarchs gave prizes to those
who had most children. In 1898 Pitt
brought in bill for extending relief to
large families, and Nautilus argued
against it that if by artificial encour-
agement q government increases the
mouths without increasing the food, it
only brings the people nearer to starva-
ton; and though stalwart numbers are
strength. starving swarms are pat
emit weakness. But this style Of argu-
ment can not apply to contemporary
France. where the general individual
wealth and comfort are, as has been
shown. considerable and notorious. =
The Ninetesnth Century.
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VALUE OF ACTIVITY.


The Effects Of Idleness Upon the Con
dition Of Young Women.
Wholesome regular occupation of
some sort is necessity. You can not
afford to be idle. Physically you can
not afford it. Not while you are q
creature of flesh and blood can you
escape the law that activity means
growth and health, and that idleness
means deterioration.
In the mere matter of beauty idleness
is loss as truly as excessive drudgery.
The erect, dignified carriage. the firm,
elastic step, the well-rounded arm, are
not to be won by days passed on the
sofa or hammock with novel in the
hand; nor are the maiden bloom, the
clear, fresh complexion, the modest,
thoughtful. yet animated glance, to be
kept amid late hours in heated rooms
and exciting pleasures.
Idleness invariably gives rise to a
craving for excitement which may
drive away the cnnui which is its PEN
atty. But excitement persistently fol-
lowed is the source of all manner of
nervous disorders, resulting at last
in the production of the languid. ner-
vous, historical creature, into which
the gay young woman SO often degen-
crates.
This craving for excitement is prev
alent characteristic of the young woman
of to-day. especially in our cities. So
marked is it that, as thoughtful
woman whose life has been devoted to
the training of young women observed
to me, even church work has little
charm for many of those who engage
in it. unless done in kind of theatrical
way.
The effect of idleness, too, is to turn
the thoughts in morbid degree upon
ones own condition, to magnify trifing
ailments into grave maladies, and
eventually, by sheer force of the mind's
influence upon the body. to convert the
vigorous, energetic girl into an inter-
esting invalid. Wonsanhood-
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FiRELIcHT vIsITANTs.

With low complaint and piteous moan,
Anon loud shrieks, and walllngs drears
The wind laments his dear love, dead,
Sweet Summer, fairest Of the year.
The shadows of the evening wrap
About the old, brown. mother breast
To make believe she's young and fair
And folded thus, she sinks to rest.
The freight fiickers on the wall
With yellow, Illuminating flash;
Then darlyly slumb'ring In the Goals,
Despairing, dies; q reclining cash
Doth mark her burial; peer
And perrin pleasure half, half fear
Enraptured, held. despite my viii,
While visitants come creeping still,
From crcyices, from corners, hooks,
From cupboards. from out the books;
They scramble DER the easement wide;
Behind the door, they peek and hide;
Down through the chimney cen they crawl;
From pictures, panels, busts, they fall;
They perch upon my shoulder, chair,
NY knee they taAgle in my hair;
They smife my check myself deride,
To twitch my nose. their time abide;
Some linger near with lxindlier mien;
Some noble are. with grace queen
Might envy; some rich dressed, and tall.
And some in no attire at all;
Some have their lives but just begun,
While some arc older than the sun.
They come from Nowhere-land of dreams,
Uncertainty, Of crystal streams,
OF fair skies, flowers, with thoms inwrought-
They come from out the land OF Thought.
Edna lSheIdrdks. In Good Housekeeping
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AN HONEST MAN.
The Indignation With Which Colore<
Gentleman Met His Accuser.

The Indignation With Which . Coloret
Gentieman Met His Accuser.
One of the strongest characteristics
Of the negro is to feign great indigna-
ton upon being accused, when he has
reason to believe that no proof can be
produced. of committing theft. The
other day. Colonel Billings, meeting
old Sandy, said:
'.Look here, old man, can't you find
work to do?''
20, vas, sab, plenty O. it."
Then why don't you do itP'
docs do it. sah.'
"Why don't you buy some woods"
"Does buy wood, sab"
"Why, then, do you steal my
woodP''
"Steal yer wood! Why, sab, 1 neber
stole or stick or wood frum yer in my
life. Look heah, Colonel, Use er men,
Der in good standin' o. de church, an
yer's layin' yerse'f mighty liable when
yer come 'cuzin' me er stealth NV yer
wood. Yer oughtenter 'spicion er ole
pusson like isl
81 don't suspect you, Sandy. know
that you are the thief. for I saw you
stealing my wood. y
"Saw me, did yerp O, wall. eff yer
saw me, it's all right Didn't know
but some o. desc heah mean niggers
had come er roun'er tellin' lies on me. y
|--Ark0nsdsO Traveller.
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THE FoREIoN MAILS.

How They Are watched b. = Treasury
Onolal Upon Their Arrival 1t chicago.
The eapYe eve Of the special agent Of
xhe Tre.srrv 6are rtment Turns toward
t ~ tore;rr mail division of the most
osy;cs and cIoselv acrut,nizea every
n.cr.oe from across the ocean that
49, a. thou Oh Il might contain some
.rt;cle an which IIncle Sam e wont to
law :. The t.~ provided for bv the much-
ts,ia1-of tariff Everv dsv hundreds
Of parcels are received at the post-ofice
wh;ch contain presents from q foreign
cl;me for fr;ends or relatives in Chicaeo,
md + i the dutv Of the custom-ho1se
ofic;sls to see that thew don't slip
thron1h v;thont the dntv prescribed by
i.v hs;nc Maid on them.
Win vsrv faw excent;ors everv thing
~ ovsr - & v.lne e ;snbiect to duty'
and the orerons mart 81 fhe cuStoms OH
cer or. vorF e 81 slenifla which 'nackares
contain articles 81 value. a tWo-inch
so..rs- n.ck.Oe NAV contain : 900
wstch The dntv on which would be
Ss0 or its contants might be some
tr;nkst not worth f;ftv cents. which. Of
conrse would be passed free. Kid
cjcSes' bandkerchiefs and hosiery are
81 ~ ysss'af t' cosmrconlv smucr3ed nrficies.
md s,rS - ~. consfsntIv beine csnchf 81 fhe
s ~. s,s ~ r,,'
These small batchss Of contraband
~crjs s,e .eIdcm sent over with anv
;S.s - cheet;nc ths Covarnment I Int
;,,st thron~h ienor,nce. and TIA c,Dods
! yre csnsrsiiv sent = IA consic'neeS On
the e nsvr.ct ~ the dutiee. s.Some
reor{a ho~ever. ksen 40 4 pettv smur-
rlinc All the vear round. > said an in
snecfor s.and there arc MANY wealthy
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A useful discovery is announced
whereby the faded ink on old parch-
ments may be SO restored as to render
the writing perfectly legible. The
process consists in moistening the
paper with water and passing over the
lines of writing brush, which has
been wet in solution of sulphide of
ammonia. The writing will immedi-
ately appear quito dark in color, and
this color in the case of parchment it
will preserve. On paper, however,
the color gradually fade again, though
it may be restored at pleasure BY the
application of the sulphide. The ex-
PLANTATION of the chemical action of this
substance is very simple; the iron
which enters into the composition OF
the ink is transformed by reaction into
the black sulphide. IN Y. Sun.
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- Havana to the
ylsP secn9 n,....ss- nen,ocrdt state that
New Orie@u .ss - Cnha is expected 70
tho sugar o onn rooo toms. and exceed the
1880 cron hitherto raised on tns
largest crop n
island. ~ hroom corn Is
n,s - % o0O tons, which is 4. GU
est'Inaso s4e {. than last wear. With l, 800
IONS 49," 80, from last years crop. the
Ton: ~ o. ',,,,iv 4 d. 500 tons, and we
ava,,1olo III sIPt r. kaen the house clean at
snail De aolo -
: moderate csP1.' So vears some at
During tne iass -" 4 c,,lt;va "a cot
tempts nave oee ss lola near Monte
Ton IN m s;r1ents appear to have
been fairly successiuls rsn;zed in
company mas now 49, - co;nc into
Monterey Tor the PurPoso :" largo
the cultivation OF co' .o-s - exnect To-
scale. The incorPolas
make : fortune - = 10" .:..n i'm
--Raisin- making u becoming C ~
portant industry IN oouenoIn -, sssced
MIA. As an instance one nr% s Gon6tv
In that business 10 ANS A :.sad East
has already this fall snlPpeu 1Ass -
twenty-one carloads, or zi.oW uoA9 e.,
raisins. 1t Is exPecs5SI - 100 oo0 boxes
viii cure and snip iut'y w, 49, ~ .ssson
Of the delicious fruis Dololo '-' 49,
closes. ..,,,en -
"A method cy wnic1 s,lo .hn,,rd m
deposits of iron SAND Wnicn aoo - s,,c-.
the coast Of New Zealand can - AZ Az.
cessfully utilized mas iace.y s 1871 ~
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--Itis now proposed to make the Los
Angeles river. California, navigable by
the construction Of = series Of lockA
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upon his back on the floor. with the
tramp holding him down.
Don't be alarmed, Miss Sallies I'll
not hurt the fellah," mimicked the
tramp more food for the dailies!
Another terrible outrage by tramps!
One enters the residence of farmer in
his absence, terrifies his daughter into
feeding him, overpowers gallant
young man who attempts to protect
her. gathers him by the slack of the
pants and rudely heaves him out head
foremost into q snow-drift--" suiting
the action to the word, and landing the
dude far out into deep snow-drift
Sallie could not help laughing at the
fellows discontinue. As the tramp
had surmised, she had repeatedly Emit
tened''the conceited fellow, who would
still persist in his attentions-(as gath
ering himself out Of the drift, wet, mad
and Inundated, with dire threats, he
struck . bec line for the field,
where the farmer was at work.
Feeling himself solid with the
girl at least. the tramp instead Of
now taking to his heels a
per custom, cody seated himself be
fore the fire to await Developments.
Nor had he long to wait; - luck would
have II. the dude met the old farmer
coming IN with : load. and the tramp
had scarcely returned to his seat before
be saw him drive up to the crib in &
brisk ttok throw down the roiris, and,
With the dude behind him, rush 10.
vnrdS lho houeo Evidentlv do0i6inH
Telegram-herald., 1887-08-21
CHAPTER XIX

One person. however. did not succ~ed ia
getting out in time before the gates were
shut, and that was the high priest AF0n. ~ho.
as we bad every reason - believe. was Sorais'
great ally and the heart md soul II her part
This cunning and ferocious OBJ nan Rad ffot
forgiven W for those hipp9potami, or rather
that was what he said Y bat he meant war
fhat be never would brook the Introduction ~
cur wider WAYS 81 thought and foreign iesl4i-
ing and influence whiie there was a poesihilfr
II stamping ns out Also be knew that ~
possessed different system - religion. and
10 doubt was in daily terror u oUr atternIf
suc 70 introduce It into zu-yendis One dss
he asked ne II we had any religion in orr
country. snS told him that 81 far s. coai8
remember ve had uinetv Eve different onee
You might have Knocked hirr down wish
feather. and reilly 4 - diflazlit nof - pifv n
high pTisst # q vel established cult who is
haunted ~ tho p0zs BE approach n ons or
al ~ ninstv Eve new religions
When We knew that Ar0n was caught
NyisTths. Sir Henry and I scBrsed wllsi
vas - 10 done WITH him ] was for closeiy 8
incarceTctine hirs. lrut ETleTfhs shook her
bsod. Saying that Il would rrotiuos . oisss-
trous tTert throughout the country. 'snf~
sas sdfed vita = stamp ~ be- foot. -f win.
and am onre really green. I vii freak tht
power = fhoee prisets. ~ith their rights nf1
Fevels and dark secref vays I only visbeo
fbsf Oh gon could hsve beard bsr, Il voui6
have frightened bia
Wen. = sad Hsnry. ~ ~s are nns fo i'm
| prison hin ] snpro~s that vs naay as vel lef
| hm ~. Bes 10 uss here'
Erlerseha io>.ked 81 hin n curious wsv.
sr9 sas1 - 1rv lffle rcYtre eTftfstrs-rf ff.fs,
50 ny I1TdT
| aEkr sid Curtis sNo. don't 80 ~tsf
| i tbs use - keeping hss
Sbe sid nofhinx. buf keps lor'kinz 81 biff
| ID y wy ti,st wss e. s.sT ~ i wss srsst
1i1en a. lsz1 bs ana@rstcod
aForri~s IT, NFieTtksr hs ssi5 rsfher
trernn sousls. sso~s fses rsenn that taos v-ii.
/ pa, rF me. even ncTf
~Nay. 7 kasw rot, ief seT lor5 ssv ~ul
ber rs1ss sas~ss -ss= = ~ - yi.ls, "a.
Telegram-herald., 1887-08-21

ron on him. or be bad been pierced Then
for the first snla b. 81 who the woman wss.
sni ~ifhcnt a word he feil bsc< sSt0nished
s,d urs5le % spssx She. too. ~ss sstoa-
isbe1. and sooke act; bBs suddenly she lsld
her frcer On her III, sh1s. srd walked toward
an5 thr1ugh ne cnrtain. and With her vens
Een11van. So rioss 65J sss psss 20 ne tfat
her aress toa ,hei rls. and 7 vas nivh ~ sisv-
fr1 her as sac wsrk n tae frSt 0ussr roors
she sroka e. BcuTwan IN = whisper. ard
ciss-irr her hsnds thats sss rieed@s ~ith kiE'.
but what sbe ssid knasF Hot And - they
rsseed On - tae essoas enter room. re rirad-
.rr. tslt he stskirz rs hesi and -sFia<. 'NsT
SAY. nav Ani IL sruef - re tnsf he w'ss
a ,euf 70 cal cks r-rr8 us-ll she st5pped tsik-
isE ard ioskss at ssa wisa z-esf eyes. sad
ssw that &c vss tesitehe~ eT scr hesufT
rhen sss sfrstckei -at her hrr5. and b. sissed
it Tber~en zstkered ri~seif rowetaeT 70 Sd
~sar. snd take ber. s.einz shat rev hni
Rouzv7n h~ecrne vsuan. sed ~ IcnErr
sssw t-e xsod srcsn ~ sviE. wssa behol6s
see vas Tone
s.ffons - 7 e;seuiatei
~Av. <one. sns tisere ztro6 Bouz~an star-
iRx At ne wxH Ike sHO zslssp. All pr>-~ussy
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20
SOVIET.

TTha author Of these lines-a girl OF ?6---
WAS drowned In Welsh river last August.
The night before her death she was heard
to say: IF do not die soon, l think
shall make something OF poetry."l
II this poor name OF mine, now writ In sand
On Lies grey shore, which Time forever
lAves
"A hungry ocean OF unresting waves
Might but be craven on rock, and 80 with
stand
A little while the weather and the tide,
Great 10y were mine. Alas / cannot guide
NY chisel RIGHT TO carve the stubborn stone
OF Fame; and 80 the numbness OF despair
Inyades me; for the sounding names are
there
Of all Earth's great ones; and methinks
mine own
Fades In their music; yet before the light
Has vanished from the sky, and unbiesl
night,
In which no man can work, shall stain the
air,
/ stand and weep on the grey sbore--alone
-Mdcnlilldn's Magazine.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20
ooasr prFENoE.
rbo plea OF tsae New York Oban'bcs
Of Commerce Approved.

0M OOhAmoHNS AFF
New York Sun
The New York Chamber Of Commerce
has adopted resolutions demonstrating
agaipst any further delay ON the part OF
Congress In providing adequate protection
for the barbora Of the United SthteH,
iiear,esily entrea,ing the government to
enter upon the work Of placing New YORK
harhor in such condition OF military de-
fence as the exiRency OF the case de-
mands . and urging upon Congress the
PROMPT passage OF Mr.. y. 3, Oox's Dill
appropriating $50 000, 900 for seaport de-
fepeea, or Of some similar bill.
The merchants OF this city have hardly
| shown az mucllS sterest in coast defenoea
and the protection of this harbor as the
| Importance Of the subject and the enorm-
Gus amount Of property now exposed DO
mgnd. Yer, like the merchants OF oil the
Noities on tile seaboard and blackboard,
thew are absolutely uninsured and unpro'
tecied against the danger OF foreign
attack And even II the work OF coast
defence is begun at once, IT must stu, ot
five or six years at least before the citiei
can be- made safe. If nttnck should CONT
before the harbors are adequately pro
teoted. the loss would be ruinous.
The merchants OF New York cannot dt
too much to persuade Congress to tak'
measures for such protection. Hardl!
one of them but would DO ruined II nos
tile fleet should come within iong-reacl
| onn distance of the town.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20

Nh HOLLY, N j.. Jan. 13 A wesk
ago william Agnew, Of Palmyra, went
home from u bali ut that place with his
wife aud sfier few words picked
up rocking chair and dealt her
s6yeral murlerous blows on the
head crushing in hershuil He then car.
RED her ny stairs to bed uni she diod
during the night. Since then the body
has ibid in tine room ua6i covered and
Aguew remuiled ABOUT ths house ard slept
in the ssiue Fopip with the murdered
woman until yesterday @heu the hodI
was discovered AMI Agnaw was arrested
aud locked mp. Fehas confessed, snyint
be committed the deed while drunk, ant
that he WINS prompted By JEALOUSY.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20
Georgia v. AnabE a.p..

O0IUmbna enquirer sun.
A story is told of couple ~ diuumers
who, having leisure dry in Birmingham,
concluded to indulge their sporting pro-
and started out carly in the morning.
Late in the afternoon they found them.
selves about Is miles from this city com.
pletely lost in dense forest. Meeting q
countfymen they began to inquire theii
way back 10 Birmingham, whom, 10 then
establishment, they were informed that
they were right in the edge Of the city
and the countryman proceeded TO pOin
out stone sticking edgewise in the earth
saying as he did so, You are now OF
956th avenue,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20
MIR. BEECHER on Probation.


IoHsly ERhy One.
New York Times JRnuary3
Mr.. Beecher preached in Plymouth
Church yesterday upon the earthly and
spiritual stages of Christ's life. MEN
are up in arms" he said, "over the
problem of probation after death, What
srhoolboy question What pickaninny
matter We shall find after death that
we are all imperfect that death is but a
step forward in the great life. Over
beyond the grave God is preparing rules
for us. We may be fitted for this life,
but there are changed conditions there to
which we must conform. That we must
be taught at some intermediary place,
some halfway house between this world
and final immortality, there is no doubt.
People say they want proof of this, but l
cannot give n. Therefore / am not a
theologian, for they know everything.
There is another thing cannot prove,
hut which firmly believe. This world
il not the only live TJrld. The others
are not all lazy end they will send their
people into the kingdom of God. They
will not b9 like us. God has not limited
| his fertilst-- e ~ u,elrine Of roar. nrt
| what will these MDiuiud6a u people "
like? Tell me il yuH can
tWa must kill th9 old idnu ~ mechsns
c.l dying, after which man goes direct
to heaven, perfect and angelic. Heaven
is not place where angels stand around
like wax figures and sing lallelniah.
death Is the swelling OF seed which
Ivy upon tlis earth; it is the bursting Of
bud in April it is the entering upor
Summer it is the going ont of . prison
house. Christianity, after 2 100 years
ought to hsve taught men that 1t il goint
to everlasting peace. Don't dlape thu
hero in black or the deAd child in sombr,
bues. II you know of some poor wretcl
who Inns gone 10 Ills death, put on blacl
for him. but don't wear it for your father
or mother, or child. You say you fec
better in mourning Perhaps you do, bu
you should not
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20

New YonK. Jan. 10 john Roach was
buried in Greenwood cemetery to-day.
This morning in the privacy of the late
home of the deceased, the sor-
sowing family received that comfort
which the last service gives, the Rev.
Or. II. b. Gross Of Panghkeepsie,
saying prayers, tbs enhic services
were held at St Paups NJ. f, Ghufch, DR..
McChespey, the pastor of the church
officiating, and Bishop Harris and the
Rev. Dir. Gross assisting. The church
WAS crowded. I, delegation. of 81 Torkmer
from his Oh ship yards being present
and 400 employees Of TIE NJ lgGn iron
works, formerly owned by Mr.. Roach
wearing memo, ial badges.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20
GEN. Miles, HopsinI Indian views.

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-Gen. Miles and
family passed through this city last night
on the way to his new headquarters at Los
Angeles. Gen. Miles looks for speedy
solution of the Indian problem in the
plan of granting them lands in
seyeralty and thinks that placing
them in families and houses will in five
years civilize them. That system, which
he says he has advocated for the past 15
years will do away with the agencies. To
board them at high price hotels, he says
would be cheaper than the present and
past system of supplies.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-01-20

New York Sun.
In the second act of Enpinien Francis
Wilson sings song entitled What the
Dicky Birds Say" II was written by
Sydney Rosenfeld, and stanza has been
added to it at which the lne,i Who have
been looking around the steephs on the
women's heads to SEQ the play applaud
wildly This is ths stanza;
II u sweetheart possessed
Who was bent on being dressed
III them ats what rises hupwaris to the dome,
Aud she wanted for TO 81
To the hopera or show
I'D tell her, Take your at on nt stay ONE
Aud OH my sye
Amt they nigh
In the atr, l declare;
Amt they built funny way.
With their pigeons and their fowls
And their ROSTERS and their owls
| A. least go the dlcky brides say.
CHORUS.
How do va construct hat?
Take rat, take cat, take mat,
Set 'em up on ladder far away.
II thereupon you find
| You can't see "a house behind,
| That's the fashion--so the dicky birds say